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type: "Bill"
title: "Children's advocacy centers."
description: "Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that the law enforcement agencies and the county welfare or probation department of each county develop and implement cooperative arrangements in order to coordinate existing duties in connection with the investigation of suspected child abuse or neglect cases. Existing law requires a local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over a reported case of child abuse to report to the county welfare or probation department that it is investigating the case, and requires the county welfare department or probation department, in certain cases, to evaluate what action or actions would be in the best interest of the child and to submit its findings to the district attorney, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 2741"
citation: "California AB 2741 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children's advocacy centers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanca Rubio"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-20"
last_action: "2020-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7656d1c-c156-455b-9eab-26ab5d105d11"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2741"
source_hash: "30f4e0c1e4bab1ca7102715f32225e22f1c2031217ec20b96240c817011397fa"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 2741 (20192020) — Children's advocacy centers.
Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that the law enforcement agencies and the county welfare or probation department of each county develop and implement cooperative arrangements in order to coordinate existing duties in connection with the investigation of suspected child abuse or neglect cases. Existing law requires a local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over a reported case of child abuse to report to the county welfare or probation department that it is investigating the case, and requires the county welfare department or probation department, in certain cases, to evaluate what action or actions would be in the best interest of the child and to submit its findings to the district attorney, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/20/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2741&version=20190AB274199INT)
2. **09/30/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2741&version=20190AB274197CHP)
3. **AB2741** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2741)
4. **08/31/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2741&version=20190AB274198ENR)
## Votes
- Consent Calendar AB2741 — **390** (pass) · upper
- AB 2741 Blanca Rubio Consent Calendar Second Day — **750** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **80** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Blanca Rubio — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2020-03-12** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-05-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4603.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 31). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4373.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2020-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 353, Statutes of 2020.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7656d1c-c156-455b-9eab-26ab5d105d11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).